David Farr

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☨ David Farr
Profession	private elephant keeper
Personal details
Born	1943?
Dead	1978-03-11 in United States
Country	United States

Locations
Title	elephant keeper -1978
Location	at Hawthorn Corporation in United States

Biography details

David Farr , private elephant keeper in United States

Born 1943? dead 1978-03-11 in United States .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Joyce (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1978-03-11: elephant keeper David Farr fatal attack by Joyce. Several dozen bystanders looked on in horror as the enraged elephant hurled David Farr, 35 years old, off her knee and kicked him into a pillar. David Farr † David Farr Died 1978-03-11

Records about David Farr from Bob Cline

1978 - Killed David Farr

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

1978: A circus elephant caretaker who was showing his charges to visitors was killed late Saturday by one of the beasts. David Farr , 35, of Petersborough , Ontario, was picked up and thrown into a pillar by one of the Hawthorne Circus Co elephants.

1978 A Hawthorne Circus chained elephant killed an employee, David Farr, in Chicago. The man had been pestering the elephant—pushing at her face, and putting his hand in her mouth. Evidently, he was trying to get the elephant to perform. New York Times, March 13, 1978 and the Leader-Post, March 13, 1978.

CHICAGO, March 12 (AP)‐A three‐ton Indian circus elephant killed a caretaker yesterday after throwing him with its Trunk and kicking him into a pillar, witnesses said. Several dozen bystanders looked on in horror as the enraged elephant hurled David Farr, 35 years old, off her knee and kicked him. Other caretakers said Mr. Farr earlier had toyed with the elephant, putting his hand her mouth and pushing her face. The elephant was one of five chained to the floor of a North Side armory for a circus at Medinah Temple.

David Farr is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesJoyce,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper David Farr in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3496. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
https://shorturl.at/Q41KO
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/13/archives/circus-elephant-kills-caretaker.html

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